The Montgomery Family

Catch up Post!

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This will be a quick “catch up” post that goes over special days and holidays!

Nathan’s Blessing day: August 1, 2010

Turned out it started sprinkling right when we started taking pictures…so we were a little rushed!

First Day of School: August 2, 2010

Kaleb 5th grade (Mrs. L)

Kate 3rd grade (Ms. N)

Will Kindergarten (Mrs. K)

I cant believe my little Will was leaving me all day :( (yes, they have all day K here..kinda awesome actually)

But at home I had Nathan now to keep me company! ( about 3 mo old)

Will turns 5! August 2010

He was very excited to celebrate his b-day in his new class

The morning of his Birthday

A few gifts he gets to open to start his day!

Family Party

Will and his cuz Ryland are only a couple weeks apart, so they always celebrate it together :)

Best Buds

*~*~*~Family Fun*~*~*~

Life goes on

2011-02-08T16:57:00.001-07:00

I know these posts are old, but its the only way I can organize my mind enough to do this!

So Nate came in May and that was also the end of school for Kaleb and Kate. Kaleb finishing 4th grade and Kate 2nd. And Will finished preschool…oh my I’m old!

Proud mama, proud G-ma Ensign and The Great Mrs E! He had her for 3rd and 4th grade…loved it!

The one and only Barbara B Robey, Proud mama and her sweet teacher Mrs Scott!

G-ma went in my place (since I was in the hospital still) Thx Mom!

Then the LONG, dreaded summer began…my kids didn’t get to do as much as usual since Nate came into the house, but they still enjoyed not having to go to school everyday!

Kaleb is ALWAYS bored.

Then it seemed so quick, but mom had to go back to Cali :(

But my big sis Leandra came to pick her up! It was so great to see my sis again.

I got a break from Kaleb and Kate, cuz mom and Lee took them back to visit cousins for 2 weeks! THANK YOU!

Will helped feed Nate and I got to snuggle him all to myself.

There’s a first time for everything…

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Nathan was brought home and welcomed by 2 new brothers and 1 sister that adored him. Oh, and a mom and dad and grandma too!

The first few weeks are a roller coaster of happiness to have him out and with us, but also, a full dose of reality that I now have a baby to nurse, bath, change his diapers, and put to sleep!

First Bath:

First time Grandpa Bob held him…

First time he sucked that thumb!

There will be many more “firsts” to come…but for now, why cant you just stay like this?

Our Littlest Monty

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I have made it my goal to post more on our family blog this year! I am a huge slacker…the last post was last May! (kalebs bday) How pathetic!

I love following everybody else’s blogs, I just don’t ever update my own!

So I thought I would start with our newest addition to our family…Nathan Scott Montgomery Born on May 9th 2010..(mothers day) How awesome was that? I was scheduled for a C-section on Tues May 11th, but this little guy wanted out I guess. So on midnight on Mothers Day, I got admitted and monitored. By 1am..they were calling the doc on call and poor doc had to come in at 3am and delivered my babe!

Here are some long awaited visitors for the little guy

Will-(5 yrs old)He was a little stand offish, probably knowing he wont be the baby around the Montgomery anymore.

Kate-(8 yrs old) Little Mama…she loves this kid like its her own! She helps out all the time with him (sometimes a little too much!)

Kaleb-(10 yrs old) He absolutley loves his littlest brother. He is the protector and loves to make him laugh, not surprising since he likes to make everyone laugh..all the time.

My mamma~ I’m so lucky to have her around in time of need! She is the proud mom of 9 children and I think 30 something grandchildren and I believe 8 great-grandchildren! I love how she looks at Nathan in this picture. Truly a pro at this baby stuff.

The whole gang!

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Grandma and Grandpa M, Aunt Becky, Aunt T and cuz Ry, Uncle Dave and Aunt Tammy too!

Welcome to the family Nathan…hold on it’s gonna be a wild ride!

Kaleb turns 10!

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May was a big month for Kaleb. He turned 10, finished 4th grade with straight A’s, and became a big brother once again. We can’t believe in just a couple of months he will be starting 5th grade. He obviously couldn’t get enough of celebrating, as he had 3 different parties: A ‘Harry Potter’ party with his friends and cousins in town from Utah, a family party on his actual birthday, and finally a birthday dinner with Grandma Debbie, and Aunt Theresa and Aunt Becky at The Old Spaghetti Factory (Grandpa Bob was off hunting somewhere).
P.S. A BIG thanks to Emily for the awesome birthday cake!
Here are the highlights of his celebrations:

Easter 2010

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Dying Easter Eggs

Easter Morning

All Dressed Up

Kate turns 8!

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Our little girl is growing up! She turned 8 and was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the end of February. She had a wonderful time with all her friends at her "’Littlest Pet Shop’ party. She was also excited to have many of her nearby family come to her baptism.

Christmas 2009

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Our Christmas season was filled with fun, family, and great memories. Here are some of our favorite moments…

Decorating the Tree

Arizona Christmas

California Christmas

Pumpkin patches, Harry Potter, Witches, Vampires, and BOB…

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…these are the things that made our Halloween exciting!!

Kaleb is infatuated with naming any character BOB. It was only fitting that he incorporated it into his pumpkin design this year!

They all looked so great in their costumes. This picture above is classic. Hit up the slide show below for the rest of our fun times.

Student of the Month!!

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Kate was chosen as a Student of the Month in August. She was presented her certificate at a school rally, and got to have Mommy come to a special breakfast to celebrate. We are very proud of her!

Will turns 4!

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Will is growing up so fast and turned 4 in August. Here are a few pictures from the family party we had for him. This year he wanted a Super Mario themed party…

First Day of School 2009

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School started in early August, just a day or so after we returned from our Utah trip. The kids were so excited as usual to start a new year. Kaleb started 4th grade and Kate was starting 2nd grade.

Later in the month, Will started with his preschool group. He absolutely loves going to preschool each week. He can’t wait to start kindergarten after summer is over this year!

Utah – July 2009

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We have shared many of these photos on our facebook albums, so here is just a quick slideshow of our Utah trip we took in late July. We had an absolutely amazing trip. We took our time getting to Provo, first going to Flagstaff and then onto Zion National Park for a couple of days. This was our first trip to Zions, and we can’t wait to get back and spend more time there. From Zions we spent almost a week with friends and family in Provo and Lehi. The kids had so much fun with their cousins that they don’t get to see very often, as well as our good Friends the Martins who were also visiting Utah from Pennsylvania. To finish up our trip, we had a short stay in Vegas, then it was all over seemingly way too soon.

We’re Sorry!

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We have been terrible at keeping up our blog over the last year. We are sorry. So we’re going to do something about it and make up for the lost postings, and do better going forward. So check out our blog as we get updated…

Summer time “stuff”

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The summer has been here for awhile I know! But I’m just trying to catch up here…give me a break!
Swim lessons were a new activity for us this year…the kids loved it! We are going to have to do every summer!

We had to say good bye to some very good friends :( We miss you Norris’s and Cliffords

Grandma Debbie got tickets to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang…for days I couldn’t get that song out of my head!
Kate was afraid of the child napper and Will fell asleep after the Intermission…awesome!

Becky and Theresa…sister in laws :)
Kevin decided he wanted to try out his green thumb this year… here is the before picture, about mid March
before plants and seeds
after…now we had to wait…

About 1 month or so later!
Since this picture we have had a few tomatoes and LOTS of squash!! Not too shabby for out first time :)
We had a Grandma Ensign Visit
Girls Night out
Fun learning at the local library…hey its FREE!
Kaleb is so funny, he always brings a smile to my face :) most of the time!
More pics will to come…

10 years down…and an eternity to go!

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We loved our anniversary get away last year so much we just planned on doing the same thing again!

SAN DIEGO :) And right now, the heat in AZ sucks! So San Diego is a great break from that, at least for one weekend.

Once we got there we took a little cruise on the bay…

This was funny to me…so I took a picture of them!

Then we went to our FAV Mexican Food Restaurant…Casa De Reyes

YUMMY :)

That night I thought we were headed to Kevin’s Aunt and Uncle’s home, but he surprised me by driving around town and ending up at the Holiday Inn…right in the heart of down town SD. Thank you babe! oh and thank you Bob and Debbie :)

The next day we drove around the town a bit and ended up seeing some cool sites.

LDS San Diego Temple

Pretty flower on temple grounds :)

There were rows and rows of these headstones, it was amazing.

This is Fort Rosencrans National Cemetery

Point Loma Light House

We went to the Padres game later this day…it was fun :)

Then our last day there we went over the very high bridge…(me don’t like heights!!) to Coronado Island.

Hotel Coronado…its a such a beautiful place…

AHHH…the beach…I miss you!

Thank you Kevin for 10 years, three sweet kids and a best friend…I love you

End of the school year plays

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Kaleb did a “Readers Theater” play about Jane Adams. He was the narrator.

He really enjoyed performing and he loved his teacher Mrs. Ebenholtz!

He is so lucky to be able to be in her class next year too! She’s moving up to 4th grade :)

Kate had her end of the year plans too!

She had a field trip to the Phoenix Symphony

Then she did a musical called “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” She played the baby goat (go figure…)

Kate loved her 1st grade class and will miss her teacher Ms. Neal very much! She was Kaleb’s 1st grade teacher too!

Kaleb is onto 4th grade and Kate is onto 2nd…oh my gosh! I feel old!

Will’s Preschool Graduation

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This was more like a play group, but we still had a little party at the end of the year. This was the cake that had a scanned picture on it, the kids loved it!

Will and mom taking a moment to smile :)

Congrats Will! You are growing so fast…too fast!

Happy Easter!!

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Aloha! Kate turned 7!

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Kate is finally 7 yrs old!

She had a Luau Party…with lays and flowers, sorry no coconut shells!

This is my lame attempt to make her cake…oh well, outcome was supposed to be a palm tree. She liked it, that’s all that matters right?

Build-A-Bear named Fuzzy

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At first “Fuzzy” was life less and boring…

Then he received his red heart…

Then came the fluff…

He has to have a bath after that…

$15 later and a shirt to cover him up and you have one happy kid!

You even get a box to take him home in! Will called it “Fuzzy’s Bed”

Papago Park

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One of our family goals is to go to the park each Saturday. Usually this means just visiting one of the local neighborhood parks, but yesterday we instead decided to go to Papago Park, a large park in Phoenix next to the zoo. We were glad that Grandma was still here to enjoy the day with us.

We first had a picnic lunch and then then enjoyed watching the ducks play around in the ponds.

Amie took some portraits of each of the kids that turned out very nice…

Next we visited Hunt’s tomb. George W. P. Hunt was Arizona’s first governor and served 7 terms. He built the tomb for his wife, and was himself entombed there after his own death. It sits elevated above the valley and offers some great views. Since it sits right next to the zoo you can see some of the animals.

Finally, we ended by hiking up to “The hole in the rock”. The kids had a blast climbing all over the rock formations.

Christmas Morning

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Here are some pictures Christmas Morning.

Kaleb got the Wii he so desperately wanted, Kate got her Easy Bake Oven, and Will got his Bike.

Then we were off to Mesa to have more fun with family.

This year was wonderful and we are so blessed.

Christmas Eve Traditions

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This year we spent Christmas Eve at home, just our little family!

It was a first for us! So we thought we would make a tradition of having a candlelit dinner and try to teach our kids some manners!

Then of course…the Nativity Play

Then we went out in the front yard and planted our little candy mints in the ground, so that in the morning, after Santa came with his magic sleigh, the mints would grow into candy canes!

(With all the commotion in the morning, I forgot to take a picture! They really did grow into candy canes though!)

Finally, before the kids hit the hay…they must snuggle up and listen to the “Night Before Christmas”

Snow in Arizona?

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This was the day after the Polar Express. We were in Williams, Az. This is just outside our hotel, so we didn’t have to go far for some fun. Snow angels, sledding and icicles! Poor Will, he had a tough time!